Thursday, April 26, 2012

South Africans!

It's been long and way over due!
I will be teaching at Glass and Fire in Pretoria on the 25th of May

Only place for 6
So hurry and book your place, we are going to do some serious bead making!

Reservations at www.glassandfire.co.za
Contact Johan


Monday, April 23, 2012

Spring Dew !



It has some incredible silver sparkle under the transparent blues 
and purple which glitter when you play with the bead in your hand !

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Bird of Paradise



Easy Sunday !

I love Autumn... a sense of peacefulness and a mood of relaxing and enjoying the softer light of the Sun sets the mood for me today....

I am just on a white background kick at the moment.. I have always loved watercolour painting and ink and pen drawings, and these beads with the fine webbed black lines and the abstract art gives me that same impression.





Friday, April 20, 2012

Well after yesterdays overwhelming response to my Hollow dotty bead, today's bead will be a bit of a let down I suppose ;)

It is simple.....



Thursday, April 19, 2012

Chameleon !

There must be a chameleon in there somewhere ;)

This technique is extremely time consuming, but relaxing at the same time. The worries of the world just fade into oblivion :)




Wednesday, April 18, 2012

                                             The 3D squares tutorial is ready and for sale on Etsy !

Remember you need the Basic Hollow Bead tutorial before you can make this 3D squares technique!
And as promised much cheaper than a full tutorial, only $12.00



Monday, April 16, 2012

3D Squares





The next step for the Hollow bead makers....3D squares!

The tutorial is almost ready!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

A Scenery

I love adding the white background, it makes me think of  watercolour paper, or a white canvas. I have added some silver stringers which really add a nice accent.




Thursday, April 12, 2012

Friday 13th.... are you superstitious?

A shocking yellow bead, a bit of a crazy colour for me, but I like it nonetheless:)
The azure blue reminds me of the wonderful rock pools in the mountains!
I think I'll play a bit more with that colour...maybe include some purple...



Tuesday, April 10, 2012

3D Spiral in hollow bead...

This is a real wopper 80mm long, I am pleased with this bead it has a 3D spiral, a pleated section of silverglass, twisted raku stringer goldstonestringer, transparent orange and emameled murrini poppies, and on top of it all it is hollow!





And another one....:)




You guessed it another hollow!



Monday, April 9, 2012

Good morning Tuesday....no electricity since 3.30 am, we have the generator running, so I am still able to post a new bead LOL

I am having so much fun with the hollow beads, it just opens up so many new ideas and possibilities for me.